The Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program aimed at funding projects that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including the advancement of port electrification and improvements in port operations efficiency.
Donor Name: DOT Federal Highway Administration
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/26/2023
Size of the Grant: $160,000,000
Grant Duration: 4 years
Details:
Program Vision
Many port facilities and their neighboring communities experience poor air quality due to significant truck congestion and idling both inside and outside the port facility. In addition, many trucks that serve ports operate locally or regionally and do not make multiple day, over the road trips, providing opportunities for those trucks to use alternative fuels that have less extensive fueling infrastructures in place or require longer fueling periods. The RTEPF Grant Program provides funding opportunities for ports to address truck emissions challenges at their facilities while also reducing the emissions’ impact on the ports’ neighboring communities.
Program Goal
The primary goal of the RTEPF Grant Program as identified in BIL is to coordinate and provide funding to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency, focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and other related projects.
The program goal can be achieved through, though is not restricted to, one or more of the following means:
- Promoting development of port-related infrastructure that reduces emissions from port related truck idling, including the electrification of port operations, which can include truck parking electrification;
- Promoting development of on-truck technologies that reduce emissions from port-related truck idling;
- Promoting use of zero or low emissions powertrains or fuels on trucks;
- Reducing truck congestion within or adjacent to ports, which can include promoting enhanced rail intermodal connections at ports; and
- Other improvements that reduce port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and other related projects.
Funding Information
- This NOFO will provide funding for both FY 2022 and FY 2023. A total of up to $160 million will be available to RTEPF Grant Program awards under this NOFO; up to $80 million from FY 2022 funding and up to $80 million from FY 2023 funding
- Period of Performance: The total period of performance for the award(s) is anticipated to be between 1 and 4 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for RTEPF Grant Program funds are entities that 1) have authority over, operate, or utilize port facilities and/or intermodal port transfer facilities, 2) have authority over areas within or adjacent to ports and intermodal port transfer facilities, or 3) will test and/or evaluate technologies that reduce truck emissions at port facilities and/or intermodal port transfer facilities.
- As appropriate, an eligible entity shall include in its application a plan for partnering with the private sector or public agencies, including multimodal and multijurisdictional entities, research institutions, organizations representing transportation and technology leaders, or other transportation stakeholders. Multiple eligible entities that submit a joint application should identify a lead applicant as the primary point of contact and recipient for purposes of financial administration of the project. Joint applications should include a description of the roles and responsibilities of each applicant and should be signed by each applicant. For both individual applications and joint applications, it is strongly encouraged the applicant responsible for financial administration of the project be familiar with the requirements associated with managing Federal assistance projects.
Eligible Project Locations
Eligible project locations for deployment projects using RTEPF Grant Program funds include areas within or adjacent to ports and intermodal port transfer facilities. Testing and evaluation projects can be conducted anywhere but must be focused on reducing truck emissions within or adjacent to ports and/or intermodal port transfer facilities. Intermodal port transfer facilities are facilities that handle the transfer of freight shipments between two or more modes of transportation. The goods are transported via shipping containers, truck trailers, or as bulk cargo, and are transferred between marine vessels and trucks, marine vessels and rail cars, or rail cars and trucks.
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